Thursday, January 15, 2015

Dear Vaccine-Refusing Parents

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By Karen Ernst Dear Vaccine Refusing Parents, I get it. Vaccine Advocates like me have put a lot of pressure on you. Refusing to va...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Give on Giving Tuesday...to Give Pro-Vax Voices a Boost!

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Our friends at Voices for Vaccines work tirelessly to make sure the anti-vaccine movement does not succeed in presenting itself as the defau...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

"Consumer-Led Charity" Lobbying Your Legislator About Vaccines

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Chances are this summer your state's congressmen and women received a letter from a "non-profit, consumer-led charity" urging ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

You Might Be Anti-Vaccine If...: The Hidden Mission of "Children of God"

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By Karen Ernst It’s no secret that anti-vaccine organizations like to hide the fact that they are anti-vaccine. By name alone, one migh...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

What Does Climate Change Have to Do with Vaccines?

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I come from a family of science-loving, science-minded people. While none of us went into the sciences as a profession, some of us have gon...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Another Media Failure: Invisible Threat Edition

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By Karen Ernst Despite how feisty I can be, I really do have sympathy for journalists writing about immunization. The impulse to try to...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

"I'm pretty sure everyone on your Facebook page has high-functioning Asperger's": The bigotry of the anti-vaccine movement

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By Karen Ernst This has actually been a great week. I’ve been buoyed by Maranda Dynda’s story of deconverting from anti-vaccine to pro-va...